• Club were hit by 35-point deduction for breaking rules• Director of rugby McCall: ‘I’m sure the full facts will come out’Saracens will begin their defence of the European Champions Cup at Racing 92 on Sunday without most of their
England World Cup players, but Alex Lozowski warned that they were in no mood to surrender a trophy they have won in three of the last four seasons.
The holders held a media conference at their training ground in St Albans one week after failing to turn up for the launch of the Champions Cup in Cardiff. That event was held the day after the club was docked 35 Premiership points and fined £5m for breaching salary cap regulations and reporters were told by a representative from a communications company hired by Saracens that questions on that subject were off limits, including when the pending appeal would be lodged.